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The design of this piece reminds me of the Clementi piece I played in another recital. In fact the Alfred book refers you to this Bach piece, when you finish the Clement Prelude in D minor.

This recording has some flaws (recording is a chore for me),but is the cleanest take I was able to record. Like past recital pieces I'm sure it will get even better over time. In fact this piece seems to beg for more attention in order to pull out the subtle flavors that lie inside this wonderful Bach piece. Hope you like it, and thanks for listening...

So yea, here's the latest Final Fantasy piece I just finished up. Was going to put it in the monthly bar thread, but since we have this recital coming up, might as well just put this here instead! :P Hope you all enjoy!

A beautifully lyrical Chopin Waltz which I learned by participating in one of the ABF study groups a year or so ago. It is sooo difficult to get the right touch to make Chopin sound right. Maybe someday...

This is normally about a 5 to 6 minute waltz so, in the interest of brevity, I omitted the repeat of the middle section.

Please excuse the dog singing along. Unavoidable.

Also, just got the Mac so I'm really unfamiliar with how Garageband works at this point. I'm sure there are things I've missed but it seemed to work at least as well as Audacity with the Zoom.

The song is from the Beatles Best book arranged by Dan Fox. I stole the Intro from a Utube video by pianojohn. I had a hard time with tempo, not too happy with it but its what it is. Edited a couple of mistakes with audacity but left most of them in.

Combination of sheet music (from the "Best of Ludovico Einaudi" collection) and playing by ear.

Instrument used:

Mason & Hamlin A

Recording method:

Zoom H4

Technical feedback wanted:

Yes

Additional info:

I have always loved this piece by Einaudi, but I love the version he plays on his live "La Scala" concert album even more. It involves a minor variation in the melody in one section (at the 2:17-2:40 mark) as well as an entirely new improvised section toward the end (about 5:50 - 6:38), which is fun to play because it involves extended time on the very highest key on the keyboard. There's also a repeat of the first section that isn't on the album version. Although the sheet music didn't include these variations, I was able to figure it out by ear, which tickled me enormously because I've never been able to play anything by ear before.

Once again, a piece I'm not quite ready with yet. I'm trying to convince my teacher that I'm ready to play this at our end of May recital. My first Chopin. Exciting! But... super last minute, one take. Merely playing it through at this point! But, it's in, I think!